TOM See also:

• TOM SAYERS (1826–1865)

SAYERS (1826–1865)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English pugilist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BRIGHTON

Brighton on the 25th of May 1826 . By See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade a bricklayer, he began his career as a See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize fighter in 1849 and won See also:

• BATTLE

battle after battle, his single defeat being at the hands of Nat See also:

• LANGHAM, SIMON (d. 1376)

Langham in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1853 . In 1857 he gained the championship . His fight with the See also:

• AMERICAN

American, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John C . Heenan, the Benicia Boy, a much heavier See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man than himself, is perhaps the most famous in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of the English prize See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring . It took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place at See also:

• FARNBOROUGH
• FARNBOROUGH, THOMAS ERSKINE MAY, BARON (1815-1886)

Farnborough on the 17th of See also:

• APRIL

April 186o and lasted two See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours and six minutes, See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-seven rounds being fought . After See also:

• SAYERS, TOM (1826–1865)

Sayers's right See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm had been injured the See also:

• CROWD, CROUTH, CROWTH

crowd pressed into the ring and the fight was declared a draw . £3000 was raised by public subscription for Sayers, who withdrew from the ring and died on the 8th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1865 . The See also:

• CHAMPION (Fr. champion, Late Lat. campio from campus; a field or open space, i.e. one " who takes the field " or fights; cf. Ger. Kampf, battle, and Kampfer, fighter)

champion was 5 ft . 82 in. in height and his fighting See also:

• WEIGHT

weight was under 11 See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone . An See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the fight between Sayers and Heenan is given by See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick Locker-Lampson in My Confidences (1896) .